Founding Members
The following 16 institutions from 14 countries have participated in the preparatory phase and committed to the collective establishment of GICDP.
Asia-Pacific (3)
HKBU Fact Check
Hong Kong, China
Hong Kong's first academic independent fact-checking organization; IFCN signatory. Affiliated with Hong Kong Baptist University (12,600 students); published 200+ fact-check reports.
Daastan
Pakistan
Pakistan's largest self-publishing and literary empowerment platform; incubated at Plan9. Qissa platform hosts 16,715 registered writers and 668 published works.
Nemolchi.uz (Sukut Saqlama)
Uzbekistan
Leading independent media combating gender-based violence; directly contributed to national anti-domestic violence legislation drafting. Operates psychological counseling and legal aid Telegram bots.
Europe (3)
Media Education Centre
Serbia
Leading MIL organization in Serbia; holds UN ECOSOC Special Consultative Status (since 2019). Published Serbia's first national MIL policy position paper. Co-hosted 2026 All Digital Summit.
Dataninja
Italy
Pioneering data journalism and MIL organization in Italy; founder is former Oxford Reuters Institute visiting scholar. Flagship "Open the Box" won the European Digital Skills Award (2023).
Albanian Media Institute
Albania
Leading media development organization in the Western Balkans; led landmark media literacy study across five countries. Deeply engaged in UN/EU-funded #TrustinMediaSEE project.
Africa (4)
Fact Forward Digital Foundation
Kenya
Official UNESCO MIL Alliance member; focuses on digital literacy for children in underserved Nairobi communities. Covers 15 schools; 2030 vision to reach 2 million+ children.
Class Pro
Cameroon
Pan-African MIL organization; founder elected as UNESCO MIL Alliance's first Global Board African representative. Three pillars: MIL education, fact-checking, digital citizenship advocacy.
Thinking Minds Ghana
Ghana
Official UNESCO MIL Alliance member; impacted 3,500+ Ghanaian youth over 4 years. Integrates MIL with livelihood empowerment and youth entrepreneurship.
FrontierPass
Nigeria
West African digital education platform empowering youth through digital literacy. Founder Shinnosuke Nakano: Ashoka Fellow (at age 18), one of 100 Change Makers at Youth TICAD 2024.
Americas (2)
FADECCOS
Argentina
Argentine Federation of Social Communication Programs; unites 27 universities. Founded 1983; 40-year history. Member of Latin American Federation of Communication Schools (FELAFACS). Leads communication education curriculum standard-setting.
MediaSmarts
Canada
Canada's national digital and media literacy center; 25+ years of operation. Flagship research surveys 17,000+ students; directly shapes federal and provincial MIL policy. "Break Fake" campaign generated 8.8 million+ impressions.
Arab States (2)
Arabi Facts Hub (AFH)
Egypt
Professional disinformation research institution in Egypt; investigates coordinated inauthentic behavior across the Arab world. Employs advanced OSINT methodologies to track fake account networks and digital mobilization.
Fatabyyano
Jordan
Leading independent fact-checking platform in the Arab world; Meta partner for 19 Middle Eastern countries. IFCN signatory; TikTok fact-checking partner. Developed AI-driven TrendCheck.AI tool.
Caribbean (1)
Caribbean Broadcasting Union
Barbados
Regional broadcasting union for the Caribbean; covers English, French, Spanish, and Dutch-speaking territories. Board unanimously approved membership on July 22. Sole founding member representative for the Caribbean region.
South Asia (1)
International Youth Alliance for Peace
Sri Lanka
Official UNESCO MIL Alliance member; founded 2013; 13 years of operation. Annually trains 500–1,000 youth leaders across all 18 districts of Sri Lanka. Partners with 140+ organizations; cumulative impact of 100,000+ youth.